12-letter words containing m, e, t, o, p, s
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- shoot-'em-up — a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- spectrometer — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- spectrometry — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- spot remover — a concentrated cleaning fluid used to remove small areas of staining, such as on a carpet
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- storm petrel — any of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.
- stormtrooper — Stormtroopers were members of a private Nazi army who were well-known for being violent.
- streptomyces — any of several aerobic bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, certain species of which produce antibiotics.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- tempest-tost — buffeted about, as by adversities.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
- thermosphere — the region of the upper atmosphere in which temperature increases continuously with altitude, encompassing essentially all of the atmosphere above the mesosphere.
- thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- time deposit — a deposit that can be withdrawn by the depositor only after giving advance notice or after an agreed period of time has elapsed.
- tomato paste — a soft, smooth substance made from crushed tomatoes, used in cooking